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White House Funds Moroccan River Project, But Seeks to Slash U.S. Waterway Clean-Up Efforts |
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by Steve Peacock
Email: stevepeacock (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified!) |
25 Feb 2006
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The U.S. Trade & Development Agency (TDA) is funding an evaluation of advanced technologies to stem chronic river pollution -- in Morocco, that is. The Moroccan river initiative comes to light just as the Bush Administration has proposed massive cuts to river pollution-prevention initiatives across the United States. |
According to a planning document obtained by The Peacock Report, Moroccan olive oil producers every day release 2,000 tons of semi-solid waste into or around the Sebou River. Consequently, the TDA is funding a "feasibility study" to analyze and develop a solution "for the treatment of olive oil waste" that's choking Morocco's Sebou watershed.
The TDA -- an independent White House entity -- expects to award a $322,000 grant to a still-unnamed U.S. contractor to conduct the study; however, in the name of global free-trade, U.S. taxpayers will foot the bill for the subsequent clean-up of the Sebou. According to the TDA project document, the U.S-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) "facilitates financing and eliminates costs associated with the implementation of this project."
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Re: White House Funds Moroccan River Project, But Seeks to Slash U.S. Waterway Clean-Up Efforts |
by dgfbfbg
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25 Feb 2006
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Sounds like more corporate welfare to me. |
